16:27 | 24 Jul 2008
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Richard Harris
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme ended the 2007/08 financial year with more than £23 million on its A13 sub-scheme account, suggesting there is plenty of scope for rebates to IFAs.
11:43 | 23 Jul 2008
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Michelle McGagh
Mortgage broker PMSG has been fined £35,000 by the regulator for putting 620 clients at risk by recommending mortgages they could not afford or did not need.
09:30 | 22 Jul 2008
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Richard Harris
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme board of directors took home a 51% pay rise in the year ending 31 March, according to an annual report to be released on Thursday.
10:45 | 17 Jul 2008
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Gavin Lumsden
Equitable Life chairman Vanni Treves says the government's bailout of Northern Rock leaves it no choice but to offer compensation to the firm's policyholders; meanwhile the Equitable Members Action Group hails the Abraham report as 'a red letter day' for policyholders.
14:24 | 15 Jul 2008
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Daniel Grote
National IFA firm Thinc has appointed David Young as head of group compliance.
13:10 | 15 Jul 2008
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Richard Harris
The director general of the Association of Independent Financial Advisers, Chris Cummings, has been appointed a non-executive director of Telos Solutions.
09:30 | 15 Jul 2008
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Michelle McGagh
The Financial Services Authority has decided to retain the RDR professionalism working party in a move that could prove the way for the independent standards body outlined in the Edinburgh Declaration.
00:01 | 15 Jul 2008
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Sonia Speedy
Confusion over whether rebating product commission could leave advisers on the wrong side of client money regulations has largely been laid to rest by the Financial Services Authority.
17:02 | 11 Jul 2008
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Richard Harris
Phil Ashworth and Catherine Metcalfe join the support services provider from Co-operative Bank Financial Advisers and Friends Provident to head up compliance and technical operations.
00:01 | 11 Jul 2008
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Richard Harris
Brian Benson, managing director of Shropshire-based Crown Wealth Management, is taking a well-earned break from studying for exams, having recently been awarded chartered financial planner status.
00:01 | 11 Jul 2008
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Michelle McGagh
A qualifications culture is being embedded at ARK Financial Planning, with partner Philip Stevenson leading the way and becoming a certified financial planner
09:30 | 10 Jul 2008
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Edward Lander
Updated accounting standards could leave companies with irrecoverable surpluses, Pension Capital Strategies has warned.
00:01 | 10 Jul 2008
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Sonia Speedy
Client factfinds should be set out in questionnaire format and signed by the client if they are to meet regulatory requirements – fact? Not according to the FSA.
09:30 | 09 Jul 2008
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Michelle McGagh
A summons issued to UBS in the US that allows the US tax authorities to access information about previously secret investment in Switzerland could have a knock-on effect in the UK.
12:58 | 04 Jul 2008
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Daniel Grote
Positive Solutions will plough £5 million into its new learning academy over the next three years as it strives to get its advisers up to diploma level.
09:30 | 03 Jul 2008
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Sonia Speedy
The A-Day pension regime ushered in a simplified approach to the calculation of pension fund tax-free cash entitlements. But advisers need to be aware there are still schemes offering more than the now standard 25% tax-free cash.
12:00 | 24 Jun 2008
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Michelle McGagh
Mike Clasper, former operations boss at Terra Firma Capital Partners, will provide corporate oversight to HMRC in his new role as chairman.
09:30 | 24 Jun 2008
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Daniel Grote
New head of wrap policy at the FSA Steve Tully will have to face the wrath of platform providers angry at what they claim is a lack of regulatory action over re-registration.
09:30 | 24 Jun 2008
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Michelle McGagh
Robert Goldschmidt, director of Cumberland Place Financial Management believes that the regulator is hindering the free market by forcing short sellers to declare their stakes in rights issues.
09:30 | 24 Jun 2008
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Michelle McGagh
The regulator has been open to the suggestion that it develop a data-base of fee-based advisers according to director of Tower Hill Associates John Lang.
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